JOHNSON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Laura Church Peters, 3 Feb 2005 ----¤¤¤---- Mrs. Laura Church Peters, 94, K Street, Elizabethton, died Thursday, February 3, 2005, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. Mrs. Peters was a native of Johnson County and had resided in Carter County since 1929. She was the daughter of the late Jack L. and Sally Deloach Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George A. Peters, in June 1978, and five sisters, Sanna Pleasant, Thelma Cress, Grace Grindstaff, Eula Williams and Georgia Ward. Mrs. Peters was a former employee of North American Rayon Corporation, a former sales representative for Happy Valley Memorial Park and former Cafeteria Manager of Elizabethton High School. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Elizabethton. Survivors include five daughters and three sons-in-law, Pat and Reuben Payne, Knoxville, Sue and Harry Farthing, Elizabethton, Kathy and Lawrence Nunamaker, Columbus, Ohio, Dottie Peters, Chattanooga, and Janet Denny, Elizabethton; nine grandchildren, Laura Payne, Susan Henson, Harry Farthing, April Holsclaw, Mark Jensen, Rachel Jensen, Christie Nunamaker, Lori West and Shanna Denny. Nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m.. Saturday, February 5, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Brent Seals officiating. Interment will follow the service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be sons-in-law, grandsons and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. Friends may also call at the homes of Sue and Harry Farthing or Janet Denny at anytime. To those who desire memorials may be made to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 776, Elizabethton, TN 37644. The Peters family extends gratitude to the Administration and Staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton for their many acts of kindness and care during Mrs. Peters' residency. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------